Defence Ministry spokesperson says the attack targeted civilians, mainly 'refugees' from Pakistan's Waziristan region.
Islamabad often claims that the Pakistani Taliban use Afghan soil to launch attacks in Pakistan, a charge Kabul has denied. / Photo: AFP Archive
The Defence Ministry of the Taliban-led administration in Kabul claimed on Tuesday that the Pakistani military bombed Paktika's Barmal district. According to Kabul, this is the second air strike conducted inside Afghanistan, after the first in March, which the Taliban administration formally protested.In the air strikes,"several children and other civilians were martyred and injured," he claimed.
According to Khwarizmi,"the Islamic Emirate will not leave this cowardly act unanswered but rather considers the defence of its territory and territory to be its inalienable right."
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